Star Magician Magical Emi

Ok, so, I've finished it. I mean...that was quite a ride. Not my favorite genre, but this anime is very different from what I've expected from it. First of all, yes, it is magical girl anime. And it has some things in it purely to sell toys. And it has a repetitive transformation scene, tho for some reason best version of the scene is in the opening. But the opening is good, so I am not complaining about it, it is just weird how the transformation scene that is inferior to one you've already seen watching the opening is repeated in every single episode as ifit was a requirement of sorts...and it likely was tho. Speaking of magic, Emi can do a wide variety of things with it: Telekinesis, Dreamwalking (as entering and altering dreams), Teleportation (self, objects and people), Illusions (visual and audial), Creating (or teleporting from somewhere) objects and small animals, Creating energy (guess mainly some kind of magical fairy energy). And it is mainly used during performances. And those are actually rather small part of the anime. I respect it, she is not just using magic to solve everything, guess it is a lesson this anime has. Speaking of Mai. Is she really clumsy? No, I don't think so, she is a kid who is still learning. There are episodes when she is actually very capable. So...I do not support "oh, she is just clumsy" joke. Luckily they did not do it too much. Speaking about other things they did not do too much. Tropes. There were moments where they went this way, yet there were many more moments when they did not make me think "oh no, they are doing this bit", au contraire, they went in unexpected direction and made me feel puzzled and amazed. There were things that just came out of nowhere and felt inappropriate, but those felt more like an inside jokes among creators. And they just put them in and just left them as is. I can respect that too. Also I can respect how the creators clearly added stuff they experienced themselves, both from normal life and anime/idol industry. For the longest time I felt kinda weird that they had only one song in the anime. I mean they basically reused Opening during performance scenes every time. Which is I guess realistic for Idols, you repeat one song a lot. Luckily creators understood that one song will not carry the show for much longer. So they made another one, far into the anime. And it is also good, even if not as good. Oh, and another thing, the setting of the anime feels much larger than what surrounds the main cast. That is huge. You can literally see and feel how some unknown forces and entities just come and go, making you think what else is there, what happens beyond. Works great to support the mystery. The ending of the anime, even if it feels a bit abrupt, was actually very...good, sad, but it was a decision made by both characters and creators. It ended on a high note. And I appreciate that they made couple of OVAs and a music video that gives you a hint into what happened after. Which is very interpretive, but I have a feeling that characters have a happy life beyond the scope of the series. And likely some more adventures and maybe even more interactions with mysterious forces that were seen and unseen. And to finish it all, I just want to copy here description from some other site (filmaffinity): Mai is a little girl who idolizes Emily Howell, a famous magician. She is given a magic bracelet to transform into Magical Emi when she says "Puritto! Pararin Ririkaru Parapora Magicaru". She soon becomes a very successful part of her grand parents' show "The Magicalettes" while keeping her eye on a handsome boxer. Why? Cause current synopsis is a bit inaccurate. First of all - Emi is 16, it is confirmed in the anime itself. And second - both keeping secret identity unknown and romantical feelings explored are not the focus of the anime. Former is barely given much attention, latter is much more subtle. Yet I think replacing current synopsis is not necessary.